Principal Software Engineer, AI-Driven Search Platform

Siteimprove; København; On-site; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time off with Danish holidays

Health insurance

Mobile phone support & internet

Job summary

Siteimprove is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to steer the technical direction for AI-powered content intelligence. You will own end-to-end features, design scalable services, and champion AI across the product lifecycle. You will mentor engineers and shape system architecture while keeping cost and operability in mind.

The role is based in Denmark with exposure to Europe and North America, offering complex, high-impact work and a supportive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years building and running services and APIs on a public cloud (AWS preferred).
• Track record of architecture decisions across multiple teams with trade-offs explained.
• End-to-end ownership of features or services after release.
• Hands-on experience using coding agents in production environments.
• Deep understanding of software design principles, algorithms and data structures.
• Excellent written and verbal English; proposals and designs should be actionable.
• Willingness to work across the full stack as needed.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical direction of the team and drive system designs.
• Design and build services, APIs and data pipelines that scale with data volumes.
• Lead the use of AI across the product development lifecycle with clear technical visions.
• Improve scaffolding for agent-driven delivery including prompts and skills.
• Ensure search data stays trustworthy with tests and monitoring.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews and technical proposals.

Skills

Architectural decisions

End-to-end ownership

AI in SDLC

Cloud experience

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Tools

C#/.NET

TypeScript

React

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Claude Code

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Siteimprove is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to steer the technical direction for AI-powered content intelligence. You will own end-to-end features, design scalable services, and champion AI across the product lifecycle. You will mentor engineers and shape system architecture while keeping cost and operability in mind.

The role is based in Denmark with exposure to Europe and North America, offering complex, high-impact work and a supportive benefits package.